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I remember writing years ago about a then-new initiative by Amazon to disrupt local government procurement of things like office and school supplies. Turns out Amazon's become very popular with school districts, and it's using dynamic pricing to rip those schools off.
prospect.org/2025/12/17/a...
prospect.org/2025/12/17/a...
Amazon Has Been Conning School Districts out of Millions - The American Prospect
Amazon Business is billed as a convenient one-stop shop for schools. Reality is more expensive.
prospect.org
December 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I remember writing years ago about a then-new initiative by Amazon to disrupt local government procurement of things like office and school supplies. Turns out Amazon's become very popular with school districts, and it's using dynamic pricing to rip those schools off.
prospect.org/2025/12/17/a...
prospect.org/2025/12/17/a...
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i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse
December 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM
i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse
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this game ends now or we go 19 innings
November 2, 2025 at 3:36 AM
this game ends now or we go 19 innings
oh my god i cant believe i’m saying this but i feel bad for the phillies
October 10, 2025 at 1:40 AM
oh my god i cant believe i’m saying this but i feel bad for the phillies
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11 strikeouts in a winner-take-all game:
Cliff Lee 2011 ALDS Game 5
Justin Verlander 2012 ALDS Game 5
Jake Arrieta 2015 NL Wildcard Game
Cam Schlittler Tonight
Cliff Lee 2011 ALDS Game 5
Justin Verlander 2012 ALDS Game 5
Jake Arrieta 2015 NL Wildcard Game
Cam Schlittler Tonight
October 3, 2025 at 2:11 AM
11 strikeouts in a winner-take-all game:
Cliff Lee 2011 ALDS Game 5
Justin Verlander 2012 ALDS Game 5
Jake Arrieta 2015 NL Wildcard Game
Cam Schlittler Tonight
Cliff Lee 2011 ALDS Game 5
Justin Verlander 2012 ALDS Game 5
Jake Arrieta 2015 NL Wildcard Game
Cam Schlittler Tonight
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I hate the baseball team I root for 👍
October 1, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I hate the baseball team I root for 👍
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they call it the post season because i'm about to post my way through it
September 30, 2025 at 11:29 AM
they call it the post season because i'm about to post my way through it
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not an exaggeration to say I am WEEPING with laughter at this reply from someone who hadn't seen that Robert Redford died today
September 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
not an exaggeration to say I am WEEPING with laughter at this reply from someone who hadn't seen that Robert Redford died today
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Congestion pricing by the # ‘s 6 months in:
* 67k fewer drivers entering zone daily
* Delays in Holland Tunnel down 65%
* Traffic deaths down 32% so far in 2025
* $500m projected this year for MTA capital improvements
* B’way attendance +12%
* Subway ridership +7%
So yes this program is a SUCCESS.
* 67k fewer drivers entering zone daily
* Delays in Holland Tunnel down 65%
* Traffic deaths down 32% so far in 2025
* $500m projected this year for MTA capital improvements
* B’way attendance +12%
* Subway ridership +7%
So yes this program is a SUCCESS.
July 6, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Congestion pricing by the # ‘s 6 months in:
* 67k fewer drivers entering zone daily
* Delays in Holland Tunnel down 65%
* Traffic deaths down 32% so far in 2025
* $500m projected this year for MTA capital improvements
* B’way attendance +12%
* Subway ridership +7%
So yes this program is a SUCCESS.
* 67k fewer drivers entering zone daily
* Delays in Holland Tunnel down 65%
* Traffic deaths down 32% so far in 2025
* $500m projected this year for MTA capital improvements
* B’way attendance +12%
* Subway ridership +7%
So yes this program is a SUCCESS.
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amazing q&a with paul krugman
June 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
amazing q&a with paul krugman
happy birthday brian wilson ❤️🩹 youtu.be/PISkFEzC5XE?...
Love and Mercy - Brian Wilson
YouTube video by mindjoker
youtu.be
June 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
happy birthday brian wilson ❤️🩹 youtu.be/PISkFEzC5XE?...
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isolated vocals from the ending of “you still believe in me” from pet sounds. brian wilson touches the face of heaven
June 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
isolated vocals from the ending of “you still believe in me” from pet sounds. brian wilson touches the face of heaven
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i just find this so bizarre. searching through texts and doing the reading for myself is how i actually think through ideas! trying to put together a sentence is how i figure out what i actually want to say!
Everyone Is Using A.I. for Everything. Is That Bad?
www.nytimes.com
June 18, 2025 at 12:55 AM
i just find this so bizarre. searching through texts and doing the reading for myself is how i actually think through ideas! trying to put together a sentence is how i figure out what i actually want to say!
no sunscreen just raw milk and vibes
Bryce Harper with his How To Train Your Dragon popcorn bucket 🥹❤️
June 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
no sunscreen just raw milk and vibes
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This might be the most the Knicks have ever Knicksed
May 22, 2025 at 2:52 AM
This might be the most the Knicks have ever Knicksed
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Tom Thibodeau is emptying the bench, up 34, with 5:02 left in the game.
For the first time in 25 years, the Knicks are going to the Eastern Conference Finals.
For the first time in 25 years, the Knicks are going to the Eastern Conference Finals.
May 17, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Tom Thibodeau is emptying the bench, up 34, with 5:02 left in the game.
For the first time in 25 years, the Knicks are going to the Eastern Conference Finals.
For the first time in 25 years, the Knicks are going to the Eastern Conference Finals.
KNNNNIIIIIICCCCKKKKKSSSSSS
May 17, 2025 at 2:35 AM
KNNNNIIIIIICCCCKKKKKSSSSSS
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Today is the 111th birthday of Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre
May 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Today is the 111th birthday of Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre
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Pope Leo's first sermon and, uh, his using the phrase "be ever more fully a city set upon a hill" and cf'ing it to Rev 21:10 instead of any of the others before saying "many baptized Christians" are "living in a state of practical atheism" is. Well. Shots fired!
www.npr.org/2025/05/09/g...
www.npr.org/2025/05/09/g...
Read Pope Leo XIV's first homily as pope
During his homily, delivered in Italian, Leo XIV said that Christians must serve a world that is often hostile to their beliefs.
www.npr.org
May 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Pope Leo's first sermon and, uh, his using the phrase "be ever more fully a city set upon a hill" and cf'ing it to Rev 21:10 instead of any of the others before saying "many baptized Christians" are "living in a state of practical atheism" is. Well. Shots fired!
www.npr.org/2025/05/09/g...
www.npr.org/2025/05/09/g...
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Villanova Pope? Knicks in 4
May 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Villanova Pope? Knicks in 4
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we finally have a Chicago Guy for pope
May 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
we finally have a Chicago Guy for pope
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Bridges all over New York have improved since the start of congestion pricing.
May 6, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Bridges all over New York have improved since the start of congestion pricing.
omg i might cry lets go knicks
May 6, 2025 at 1:09 AM
omg i might cry lets go knicks
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Confused over who's in the running to become the next pope?
But you do have some knowledge of financial-crisis era central bankers?
This is the thread for you!
But you do have some knowledge of financial-crisis era central bankers?
This is the thread for you!
April 22, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Confused over who's in the running to become the next pope?
But you do have some knowledge of financial-crisis era central bankers?
This is the thread for you!
But you do have some knowledge of financial-crisis era central bankers?
This is the thread for you!
marty… he’s just like me www.indiewire.com/news/general...
Martin Scorsese Mourns Pope Francis: ‘The Loss for Me Runs Deep’
Martin Scorsese mourns Pope Francis, who inspired him to adapt 'A Life of Jesus.'
www.indiewire.com
April 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
marty… he’s just like me www.indiewire.com/news/general...